Monday April 28, 2008 9:13 pm

Heads up, we are giving away an HP HDX Dragon notebook - 31 Days of the Dragon

Hey, remember that HPHDX Dragon PC that we unboxed a few months ago? Well, HP has gone and upgraded the specs on that puppy, and they want us to give one of them to you guys. Not just the computer, but a few Blu-ray movies, a few PC games, and a bunch of software too. All in all, if you were to purchase everything we are giving away on your own, you’d end up spending somewhere around $5,196.00. Yeah, I said it. Go ahead and read that again.

No, here is the real kicker. Now only are we here at Gear Live giving away one of these 1080p beasts, but thirty other sites are also going to be giving away the exact same package, including our friends over at ArsTechnica, Lockergnome, JKOnTheRun, and Jake Ludington’s MediaBlab. That means you have 31 chances to win. Seriously. That’s why we are calling it 31 Days of the Dragon.

Now, each site is going to set their own criteria for how they are going to run things, and we will be announcing what we will be doing soon. Our giveaway date for the HDX Dragon is June 7, 2008. You’d better keep it locked here, peeps. Oh, and anyone in the world is eligible to win.

Hit the break for the full scoop on everything we are giving away, which other sites are also giving these away, and an unboxing video of the HDX Dragon.

Above, you can check out the video unboxing of the last-gen HDX Dragon that we got our hands on. The one we are giving away is the absolute, top of the line, newest model. You know how we do. So, here’s what we are giving away:

HP HDX Dragon: This system ships with the 64-bit version of Windows Vista Ultimate, and features a 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme X9000 processor., 4GB RAM, 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS, 500GB hard drive, and boasts a 20.1-inch 1080p display. It’s meant to be for play as much as work, and to that end, it also packs a Blu-ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD double layer burner, integrated TV tuner, webcam and microphone. If you went and bought this yourself, it would cost $4,500 USD. But we’re not done yet…

Microsoft Office Professional 2007: That means Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, Access, and Accounting Express, all in one package. Retail value on that is $225.

Corel PaintShop Pro X2: Retail value of $73.99

Corel Painter Essentials Retail value of $79.99

Corel Ulead Video Studio Plus 11.5 Retail value of $79.95

Gears of War: retail value of $49.99

Viva Pinata: Retail value of $37.99

Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Retail value of $44.99

Microsoft Flight Simulator X Expansion Pack: Retail value of $34.99

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - Blu-ray: Retail value of $22.95

There you have it. We’ve got something new that we are working on that we have up our sleeve. We will be rolling it out in conjunction with this contest, which will be how you participate in our giveaway. Details coming soon!